Topband: Center support on K9AY Loop

[n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)]

At 03:53 PM 11/21/02 -0500, Michael Tope wrote:
>Since I can't make a direct ground connection in EZNEC, I put 8
>radials under the tower 4" off the ground. With 8 - 8' radials under
>the 45G the modeled interaction with the nearby K9AY loop array
>seems to be pretty minimal.


Mike, I'm a little skeptical about this technique.  Have you tried allowing 
the direct connection, but interposing a few-ohm load in the bottom most 
segment of the tower (and make that segment very short)?


73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower